“Revisiting Lou has been a joy, as I push her into a completely new country, a brand new world, and a house full of secrets.

“With her usual blend of humour and emotion she has to ask herself some pretty fundamental questions - not least which side of the Atlantic does she really belong?

"I hope readers enjoy this new adventure as much as I’ve enjoyed writing it.”

The author's big-hearted, five-million-copy bestseller Me Before You, which hit the shelves in 2012 and was later made into a film in 2016, tells the relationship between quadriplegic Will Traynor who was a successful businessman and his 26-year-old carer Louisa Clark.